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The recent military coup in Thailand that ousted the government of Yingluck Shinawatra has attracted international concern and controversy. The US, the European Union and Australia were vocal in their criticism of the situation, called for elections to be held as soon as possible, and...

POWER PLAY: The New Dynamic of Business and Investment
Opening Remarks
by Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs
Your Excellencies, SIIA members, ladies and gentlemen: Good morning and welcome to the ASEAN and Asia Forum 2014. Thank you for taking time to be with...

2On 1 August 2014, the Singapore Institute of International Affairs held the seventh installment of our annual ASEAN and Asia Forum(AAF). The conference aims to promote awareness about ASEAN and international affairs, building upon the institute’s connections to both the public and private sector to create...

ASEAN has to tread carefully or risk being the passive subject caught in between major powers
MEDIA RELEASE
7th ASEAN and Asia Forum
Singapore, 1 August 2014 – ASEAN must remain neutral as it receives unprecedented attention from its biggest neighbours, China and Japan, top officials and business leaders...

The SIIA held our seventh annual ASEAN and Asia Forum (AAF) on Friday, 1 August 2014, on the theme of "Power Play: The New Dynamic of Business and Investment”. Here are some of the day’s highlights. Excerpts from the forum will also be broadcast in...

At the end of 2015, the ten ASEAN countries will establish the ASEAN Economic Community. But what will be the impact of establishing a single market in ASEAN, especially on Singapore’s economy? To find out what business leaders and professionals in Singapore think about this...

Asians are now awake to the fear of armed conflict. A recent survey of 11 Asian countries by the Pew Research Centre found that more than half of those polled expressed concerns that tensions over rocks and islets claimed by China could spill over. In...

It appears that Southeast Asia might face slower days ahead. The region’s predicted growth rate has been reduced to 4.7 per cent, according to a report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The revised forecast attributes the downgrade to political and economic road bumps in...

It was probably wrong to expect too much too fast when Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) environment ministers met to discuss the haze, caused by fires in Indonesia.
Never mind that Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, which hosted the meeting, have suffered record-high and hazardous levels...

Myanmar’s opening up has attracted much interest, not only from its Asian neighbours but also those in the West that once considered the country a pariah state.
Recent events, however, suggest that Naypyidaw’s honeymoon with the United States and Europe may be waning over political issues....